I tried that, setting my Dish 625 to another address, but the DTVPal's remote was still controlling the 625. (I think, I'm not, that Dish's receivers respond to remote address 1 from an IR remote regardless to what they are set to - perhaps a safety feature.) I had to change both to an address other than 1.

I suppose the difference is that my 625 was set to 3 and 4 before I setup the DTVPAL DVR. I've never had your issue - in fact, I have even tried setting the 625 on the DTVPAL and DTVPAL on the 625 on the Aux remote code and it worked fine.

I can pick up stations in different markets. Will the guide show more than one market? What if one of the markets does not have a carrier for TVGOS...will information from the PSIP integrate into the TVGOS? Or, will I need to use the PSIP guide instead?

I was referring to the purple background vs. the blue one in the original post. maybe it's just different lighting in the room or your set may be calibrated differently. The OSD is blue over the last photo, perhaps the screen shots you posted are in fact more purple?

I was referring to the purple background vs. the blue one in the original post. maybe it's just different lighting in the room or your set may be calibrated differently. The OSD is blue over the last photo, perhaps the screen shots you posted are in fact more purple?

Anyways if it's not selectable, it's not selectable...

Sorry I edited my post but I guess not in time.
Yes different lighting in my room is all. The first photos were more accurate.

So my unit just came in. A couple of observations after 10 min of playing with it.

1) The picture quality is on par with the tuner in my Sony 34XBR960. I am more than happy.
2) I updated the firmware, quite easy to do.
3) The unit seems to run the same with or without the smart card in it. I guess it is for future functionality (VOD or PPV or whatever)
4) You can rename each channel manually
5) I noticed under the HDD section of the diagnostics menu, there is an option to reformat the hard drive. Good to know.
6) Overall first impressions are very favourable. More than happy with the purchase (so far)